Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?

From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 30, 2010, 00:38 UTC
Message-ID: <b4087cc51001291638y5620eb3epd86efe577ab7adb1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7viqakcu56.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> The "state" was not about the work-tree state, but about the
> "detached HEAD" state, which I didn't make it clear.

Maybe we should just introduce people to a more explicit command like the hypothetical 'update' command I sketch here:

    http://marc.info/?l=git&m=126481166426896&w=2

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